Can Exercise Help Build a Healthy Gut Microbiota?
A new branch of medicine is quickly emerging from the growing evidence of the link between the gut microbiota – the complex set of microbial populations living within our gastrointestinal tract- and human health. In a recent blog, I discussed how nutrition shapes bacterial communities in the gut, and how dysbiosis -the loss of bacterial […]
Answers to the 7 Most Puzzling Questions About How to Exercise When It Hurts
You’ve heard it from your practitioner, TV, and the Internet, that exercise can improve your quality of life and even decrease your pain, but where do you begin? There may be numerous questions buzzing through your mind such as: How much should I exercise? What kind of exercise should I do? Why is exercise sometimes […]
The Top 5 Overlooked Benefits of Exercise and How It Works to Rapidly Alleviate Chronic Pain
No medication even comes close to exhibiting equal pain relieving benefits as exercise and it has virtually no negative side effects. Exercise has been shown to be just as effective as prescription medication for managing pain (1). There are numerous benefits for your health and some of the most well-known benefits include: Reversing obesity Managing […]
Treating Tendon Pain and Busting Myths
No one is immune to muscle pain, whatever your personal level of activity you’re vulnerable to it. Basketball players, ballet dancers and even office workers can all develop tendon injuries causing pain in their daily life. If you live a very active life, you’re no stranger to this risk and you might have faced it […]
The Backstory About Low Back Pain
So you have back pain. It’s a tale as old as time – half of our country is estimated to have experienced low back pain in the last year [1]. Perhaps you blame it on that time when you “threw it out” playing basketball, slept on a couch one too many nights, or because you […]
Dispelling the Myths About Running and Your Body
It may have been a friend, neighbor, or family member who said it, but somewhere along the way someone has probably made a comment to the effect of “Running is just so bad for your joints”. Many people who wish to stay active throughout their life transition from running to another form of cardiovascular exercise […]
